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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1980
Nathan Bluzer, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Donald R Lampe, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Francis J Kub, Pasadena, MD (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A radiant energy sensor incorporating a substrate having two electrodes on a first surface and a third electrode on a second surface is described wherein a first electrode collects a first portion of charge generated by radiant energy absorbed in the substrate to provide an output signal and wherein the second electrode is biased with a voltage supply to attract and remove a second portion of charge from the substrate and first electrode to prevent blooming due to excess charge. The sensor includes a layer of semiconductor material deposited over the substrate and over the first and second electrode to conserve detector area and to permit the location of circuitry over top of the second electrode.